Capstone Mining 2017 Second Quarter Production Results

Vancouver, British Columbia – Capstone Mining Corp. (“Capstone”) (TSX: CS) today announced production results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Combined production totalled 24,000 and 44,900 tonnes of copper in the second quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively, with additional by-products of zinc,
molybdenum, lead, silver and gold.
Q2 and YTD 2017 Copper Production (tonnes)
Q1 Q2 YTD 2017
Pinto Valley 11,300 15,500 26,800
Cozamin 4,100 4,100 8,200
Minto 5,500 4,400 9,900
Total copper production (1) 20,900 24,000 44,900
(1) Total production includes copper in concentrate and cathode production.
“All three of our mines produced according to plan in the second quarter,” said Darren Pylot, President and CEO of Capstone. “Pinto Valley set new quarterly, monthly and daily throughput records after returning to full operations from the heavy rain and maintenance activities early in the year.”
“Cozamin’s copper production once again outperformed and Minto continued to execute a mine plan that advances the operation towards an extended mine life into 2020 and potentially beyond,” continued Mr. Pylot.